Rubber-stamp cabinet.



G. G. GIBSON. RUBBER STAMP CABINET.

APPLICATION 11,211 00T.12, 1910.

Patenjsed July 16, 1912.

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burr sr'rns CALDER o. GIBSON, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RUBBER-STAMP CABINET.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed October 12, 1910. Serial No. 586,800.

Bulfalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rubber- Stamp Cabinets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets for holding rubberstamps and the like, and primarily to cabinets for holding calculatingstamps, or stamps ofthe class used by gas and other corporations andcompanies, in making out bills and statements in which a certain percent. of reduction is allowed for payment within a specified time. In acabinet of the class employed by these companies a plurality of rubberstamps are usually arranged in separate compartments and the interior ofthe cabinet is subdivided by partitions to provide these compartments,and a removable ink pad is located in the lower portion of the cabinetand serves to ink all of the same. The rubber stamps are usuallyarranged within the cabinet in progressive order according to theirvalue so that they may be easily and quickly removed from their place inmaking out the bills and statements.

The principal object of the invention is to provide for reinking the inkpad without disturbing or disarranging the chronological arrangement ofthe rubber stamps. To this end, the cover of the cabinet is divided onits interior into a series of parallel pockets by partitions and thecabinet is reversed or turned upside down when it is desired to reinkthe pad, the partitions forming guide walls for the handles of therubber stamps and serving to maintain them in proper position while thepad is withdrawn and reinked.

Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will behereinafter de scribed and perhaps claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which,--

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved cabinet partially infragmentary section to expose the interior construction and arrangementof the cabinet body or boX. Fig. 2 is a detached bottom view of thecover of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical fragmentary sectionon line a a, Fig. 1, through the cabinet placed in its natural positionwith the rubber stamps arranged in proper position therein and rest ingon the ink pad. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical fragmentary sectionthrough the cabinet in its reversed or upside down position showing therubber stamps dropped away from the ink pad with their handles in placein the pockets of the cover, and also showing the ink pad in place inthe cabinet in full lines and in reinking position on the top of thecabinet in dotted lines.

In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals designate likeparts.

This improved cabinet is chiefly designed to hold what are termedcalculating rubber stamps orstamps which are used by gas and othercompanies in making out periodical bills or statements for theirpatrons. These stamps usually have on their printing face the amount dueand also a certain amount which is to be deducted in the event of thepayment of the bill or statement within a specified time and below theamount to be .paid which is the sum first mentioned with the amount tobe deducted subtracted therefrom. For instance, suppose that the sum tobe allowed would be ten per cent. and the amount of the bill which wouldbe set in the first column would be one dollar, the amount to bededucted would be ten cents which would be placed in the second columnbelow the first column of one dollar, and the amount to be paid in theevent of the settlement of the bill or invoice within the time specifiedwould be ninety cents which would be set in the last column. Theserubber stamps are arranged in separate compartments in progressive orderand are marked on the top surface of their handles with indicatingnumerals corresponding with the value of' the numerals on their printingfaces so that they may be easily,

quickly and accurately removed, used and replaced in the cabinet.

A pad containing ink is placed in the bottom of the cabinet and issufficiently large to ink all of the rubber stamps contained in saidcabinet.

The cabinet consists of a body or box, a

removable cover and a removable ink pad located in the bottom portion ofthe body or box. The body or box of the cabinet is composed of apermanent bottom 1, sides 2, which extend up from the bottom, and aseries of transverse and longitudinal partitions 3 and 4: whichsubdivide the interior of the body or box into a plurality of smallindividual rubber stamp containing. compartments 5. The partitions 3 and1, it will be noted by referring to Figs. 3 and 1, terminate at asuitable distance above the bottom 1 of the box or body to provide aspace 6 which extends the entire length and width of the body and formsa compartment in which an ink pad is removably fitted.

In the construction shown in the accompanying drawings one of the sides2 of the body is provided with a slot and an ink pad 7 is mounted upon aslide or leaf 8 which is adapted to be inserted through the slot andslid into the space 6 above the permanent bottom 1. The slide or leaf 8is provided at its outer end or edge with a knob 9 for convenientmanipulation of the same. In the construction of the box shown in theaccompanying drawings separate side portions 10 are arranged within thesides 2 and the partitions 3 and a extend between and are supported bythe separate and supplemen tary side portions 10. It will be noted byreferring to Fig. 3 that these separate side portions extend slightlyabove the outer or main sides 2 of the box.

The cover of the cabinet is composed of a top' 11, sides 12 which dependdownward from the edges of the top and form flanges and a series ofparallel partitions 13 extending from side to side of the cover anddividing the interior of the cover into a series of parallel pockets orgrooves 14. It will be noted by referring to Figs. 3 and t that thebottom edges of the partitions 13 are tapered or beveled as shown andinclicated by the numeral 15 in said figures. The object of thisconstruction is to provide means for guiding and supporting the handles16 of rubber stamps 17 located in the compartments as the cabinet isturned or reversed from its proper position to an upside down position.The pockets or grooves 1a correspond in number to the rows ofcompartments in the body or box of the cabinet and are so located andarranged that the handles of the rubber stamps drop quickly and fitperfectly therein as the box is turned from the position shown in Fig. 3to the position shown in Fig. 4.

By referring to Figs. 3 and t it will be noted that the parallelpartitions 13 are constructed of considerably thicker material than thepartitions 3 so that the pockets or rooves 14, although equal in numberto,

are considerably narrower than the stamp containing compartments 5. Theobject of this construction is to provide compartments wide and largeenough to receive and contain the enlarged heads of the rubber stamps,as shown in Fig. 1, and separate narrower pockets or grooves in whichthe reduced ends of the rubber stamps loosely fit and are supported asshown in Figs. 3 and 1.

In using this improved cabinet the operator removes the cover andquickly and accurately takes out, imprints and replaces the properrubber stamps. When it becomes necessary or desirable to reink the inkpad, the box is turned over or inverted from the position shown in Fig.3 to the position shown in Fig. 4, so that the handles of the stampswill drop by gravity into the parallel pockets and grooves 14 of thecover and away from the ink pad. The inkpad is now removed by sliding itout through the slot in the side of the body or box of the cabinet andis inverted and placed upon the cabinet in the manner indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 4., or is placed in any other desired or convenientlocation and reinked in the usual and well known manner.

It should be understood that the form, shape and arrangement of partsmay be changed, varied or modified or that some of said parts may bealtogether omitted without departing from my invention within the scopeand spirit of the following claims.

I claim- 1. A cabinet of the class described consisting of a body havingits interior divided into a series of small individual stamp containingcompartments arranged in rows in which the enlarged head portions of aplurality of stamps are removably supported, an ink pad fitted belowsaid compartments, a flanged cover removably fitted on said body anddepending partitions attached to the under-surface of the cover inparallel separated arrangement and providing a series of parallelpockets equal in number to the rows of compartments in the body, butconsiderably narrower in width than said compartments, which are adaptedto receive and support the reduced upper ends of the stamps in theindividual stamp containing compartments when the cabinet is turnedupside down to permit reinking the ink pad.

2. A cabinet of the class described consisting of a body having itsinterior divided into a series of small individual stamp containingcompartments arranged in rows in which the enlarged head portions of aplurality of stamps are removably supported, an ink pad fitted belowsaid compartments, a flanged cover removably fitted on said body anddepending partitions attached to the under-surface of the cover inparallel separated arrangement and providing a series of parallelpockets equal in number to the rows of compartments in the body, butconsiderably narrower in Width than said commaterial and having beveledouter edges, partments, which are adapted to receive and substantiallyas shown and described. support the reduced upper ends of the stamps inthe individual stamp containing compart- CALDER GIBSON 5 Inents When thecabinet is turned upside Witnesses:

down to permit reinking the ink pad; said L. M. YSANGSTER,

depending partitions being of fairly thick GEORGE A. NEUBAUER.

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